Carlos Carrasco, the "110-win pitcher" in Major League Baseball, will join the New York Yankees.

MLB.COM said on the 4th (Korea time) that veteran Carrasco has signed a minor league contract with the Yankees. "If Carrasco enters the ML, it can receive an annual salary of $1.5 million (about 2.1 billion won)," the media said, adding, "The annual salary will rise up to $2.5 million (about 3.6 billion won) depending on the performance."메이저사이트

Carrasco, which debuted with the Cleveland Indians (now the Guardians) in 2009, is in its 16th year in the big league. Carrasco pitched in 324 games and recorded 110 wins, 103 losses and 4.14 ERA.

Carrasco, who mainly played for Cleveland, gained attention by rising to the ranks of 10-win pitchers for the first time in the 2015 season, and played for the fourth consecutive year by garnering double-digit wins. In particular, in the 2018 season, which was a career-high season, he pitched in 32 games and recorded 18 wins, 6 losses and an ERA of 3.29. However, his performance has plummeted since then and he was traded to the New York Mets ahead of the 2021 season.

During his three seasons with the Mets, Carrasco failed to produce consistent performances. Carrasco missed the season due to injuries in his first year as a member, but rebounded with a 3.97 ERA in the 2022 season with a 15-7 record. However, he missed the beginning of the season due to an injury in the 2023 season, and was out at the end of the season after injuring his finger on a dropped dumbbell.

After failing to recover his performance, Carrasco entered the market as a free agent and returned to his former team Cleveland. During the 2024 season, Carrasco was sluggish in 21 games, with 3 wins and 10 losses and an earned run average of 5.64.

Carrasco is not necessary because it has five starting pitchers, including Gerrit Cole and Carlos Rondon of the Yankees, this season. Regarding the recruitment, the media said, "It can never be a loss to increase the number of starting pitchers before entering the camp."